Etymology

Rab

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Today it means: An island off the Croatian coast in the Adriatic Sea. Full definition →

Serbo-Croatian Rab
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  1. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed fromRab
  2. English todayRab

From Serbo-Croatian Rab, ultimately derived from a substrate root *Arb-, as apparent in Ancient Greek Ἄρβα (Árba), Latin Arba and Italian Arbe.

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